A Michael Broad Blog
Like me, you might initially be unsure about the location of Turkmenistan. Well, it’s just north of Iran and Afghanistan. It is east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It is described as a country in Central Asia and is largely covered by the Karakum Desert. I might not have …
My title to this article stems from a story in The Telegraph newspaper of yesterday which reports on a male veterinarian who ended his life because, in part, he was so distressed about a minority of relatively wealthy owners requesting that he euthanize their companion animals rather than treat them because the treatment would …
Although people describe a cat’s sudden negative reaction to being petted as if they are Jekyll and Hyde characters, it is naturally logical and normal from the cat’s perspective. Cats react and interact instinctively. And by default, cats are cautiously defensive. Through socialisation, they have adapted to living in what is an unnatural environment …
The cost of energy to heat one’s home and with which to do one’s daily tasks such as cooking, is becoming prohibitive in the UK. A lot of people are turning off their heating or turning it down and wearing several layers of clothes instead, inside their homes. The cost of day-to-day living, for …
The large number in the infographic is obviously theoretical but it does emphasise the importance of spaying and neutering domestic and feral cats. The efficacy of spaying and neutering programs and by cat owners varies from country to country. There are still far too many unsterilised domestic cats creating unwanted cats who can become …
A comprehensive UK study conducted in 2019-2021 and published in 2024 concluded that the Sphynx cat breed “had the shortest life expectancy at year 0 among the analysed breeds at 6.68 years. Being entire, purebred and with a non-ideal body weight were significantly linked to a decreased lifespan.” The word “entire” means unsterilised. The …
OPINION: There’s been a lot of talk about Kristi Noem recently because she shot her young dog in a gravel pit on her farm because she considered the dog to be useless as a hunting dog and by all accounts was very irritated with Cricket’s behaviour. She didn’t consider retraining him or rehoming him. …
The suggestion in the title might cause uproar among aspiring cat owners but the discussion is reasonable. It is worth a look. Even if one is a cat lover and owner, it is fair to say that there is a problem with cat ownership and cat domestication across the world and we have to …
